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Event App in Perch 3: custom template not visible

My custom template «event.html» is in the proper folder (/perch/templates/events/event.html). The markup written by Perch is also correct. But, I can't see it in the editing area...there is another one with the fields: Name - Description - Date - Category. My app.php looks like that:

<?php
    $apps_list = array(
        'content',
        'categories',
        'perch_events',
    );
?>

And finally how it is called in the page:

<?php
                            perch_events_custom(array(
                                'filter'=>'eventDateTime',
                                'match'=>'gte',
                                'value'=>date('Y-m-d'),
                                'sort'=>'eventDateTime',
                                'sort-order'=>'desc',
                                'template'=>'event.html'
                            ));
                        ?>

Any idea where my fault is? Thanks a lot!
Martin Stettler

Martin Stettler 0 points

  • 3 years ago
Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

3 years ago

If you turn on debug, it should output the details of all the templates that are being used. What does it say about it?
Martin Stettler

Martin Stettler 0 points

3 years ago

So far it seems to be correct, the output is:

Using template: /templates/events/event.html
Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

3 years ago

Can you show us your template?
Martin Stettler

Martin Stettler 0 points

3 years ago

Here it is:

<perch:before><ul class="event-list"></perch:before>

    <li class="list-unstyled">

        <div class="row">

            <perch:if different="eventDateTime" format="%B">
                <div class="col-sm-12">

                    <h4 class="eventMonth"><perch:events id="eventDateTime" format="%B" /></h4>

                </div>
            </perch:if>

            <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 event">
                <p class="eventDateTime"><perch:events id="eventDateTime" format="%a, %d.%m.%Y" />, <perch:events id="eventDateTime" format="%H.%M Uhr" /> </p>
                <h3 class="eventTitle"><perch:events id="eventTitle" /></h3>
            </div>

            <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 eventURLs">

                <perch:if exists="link">
                    <a class="event-btn" href="<perch:content id="organizer" type="text" label="Veranstalter" />">
                    </perch:if>

                    <perch:content id="organizer" type="text" label="Veranstalter" required title>

                    <perch:if exists="link">
                    </a>
                </perch:if>

                <perch:if exists="link">
                    <a class="event-btn" href="<perch:content id="organizer" type="text" label="Vorverkauf" />">
                    </perch:if>

                    <perch:content id="booking" type="text" label="Vorverkauf" required title>

                    <perch:if exists="link">
                    </a>
                </perch:if>

            </div>

        </div>

    </li>

<perch:after></ul></perch:after>

Thanks a lot for having a look, Drew!
Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

3 years ago

You're using perch:content tags in an Events template. You should change them to perch:events to match the existing tags.
Martin Stettler

Martin Stettler 0 points

3 years ago

So far ok, I can see now the a-tags. But unfortunately I still have a description tag and a categorie headline in the template output... What is still wrong? Thanks again!
Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

3 years ago

Where in relation to the content in the template?
Martin Stettler

Martin Stettler 0 points

3 years ago

The output in the markup is fine. But the fields in the editing area are the following: 1. Name (says «required») 2. Description (which I don't use) 3. Date 4. my custom fields for eventURLs 5. Categories (only the headline) The order is also wrong, it should be date - title - custom fields. I left the IDs the same in my custom template as you see above. Maybe it helps to show you the whole debug message:

Debug Message - Perch 3.1.1
[1] SELECT u.*, r.* FROM perch3_users u, perch3_user_roles r WHERE u.roleID=r.roleID AND u.userEnabled=1 AND u.userID=1 AND u.userHash='adff104bbec2a6ba85c06c42f28ac568' LIMIT 1
UPDATE perch3_users SET userHash='3a7c7f778ef5d56be3a5e700edc1ff7f' WHERE userID='1'
[23] SELECT settingID, settingValue, userID FROM perch3_settings WHERE userID=1 OR userID=0 ORDER BY userID ASC
[8] SELECT itemValue FROM perch3_menu_items WHERE itemType='app'
[nil] SELECT * FROM perch3_events_categories ORDER BY categoryTitle ASC
[1] SELECT * FROM perch3_events WHERE eventID = 1
[nil] SELECT categoryID FROM perch3_events_to_categories WHERE eventID = 1
[nil] SELECT c.* FROM perch3_events_categories c, perch3_events_to_categories e2c WHERE c.categoryID=e2c.categoryID AND e2c.eventID='1'
Using template: /templates/events/event.html
[1] SELECT mi.*, p.privKey FROM perch3_menu_items mi LEFT JOIN perch3_user_privileges p ON mi.privID=p.privID WHERE mi.itemActive=1 AND mi.parentID=0 ORDER BY itemOrder ASC LIMIT 0, 1
[3] SELECT mi.*, p.privKey FROM perch3_menu_items mi LEFT JOIN perch3_user_privileges p ON mi.privID=p.privID WHERE mi.itemActive=1 AND mi.parentID=1 ORDER BY mi.itemOrder ASC
[1] SELECT itemTitle FROM perch3_menu_items WHERE itemType='app' AND itemValue='perch_events' LIMIT 1
[1] SELECT mi.*, p.privKey FROM perch3_menu_items mi LEFT JOIN perch3_user_privileges p ON mi.privID=p.privID WHERE mi.itemActive=1 AND mi.parentID=0 ORDER BY itemOrder ASC LIMIT 1, 10
[2] SELECT mi.*, p.privKey FROM perch3_menu_items mi LEFT JOIN perch3_user_privileges p ON mi.privID=p.privID WHERE mi.itemActive=1 AND mi.parentID=2 ORDER BY mi.itemOrder ASC
File: /addons/apps/perch_events/modes/edit.post.php
Queries: 14
Memory: 3,3494

Your help is much appreciated!
Duncan Revell

Duncan Revell 78 points
Registered Developer

3 years ago

Hi Martin,

the Events app is quite an old app - it hasn't been updated to the much newer Perch style of creating all admin fields through templates. The name, description and category fields are hard-coded in the app code to always appear - you can't turn them off.

Well, you can turn them off by editing the Events app files - and as the Events app is highly unlikely to be updated (by the Perch team), you are probably safe to do so.
Martin Stettler

Martin Stettler 0 points

3 years ago

Hi Duncan

Thank you for your reply!